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A powerful competitor has emerged from the nationalist far-right, trying to replace Christian democracy as the main right-wing force in EU/Europe

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The slow death of EU Christian Democracy

In October 1946 the Swiss priest Joseph Meier attended a meeting of Italy's emerging Christian Democratic party.

He was surprised by what he heard: "The Italians stated that they were categorically opposed to the participation of delegates from Franco's Spain", he reported back to Switzerland, adding: "They insisted that democracy was the sole political system compatible with Christian beliefs."

Meier was surprised as before the Second World War, Christian parties' commitment to...

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO that supports political participation.

A powerful competitor has emerged from the nationalist far-right, trying to replace Christian democracy as the main right-wing force in EU/Europe

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO that supports political participation.

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